Dave & Kim Matthews We attended the Butler Vocal Music concert last Saturday night. As they were sold out as usual, we were lucky to snag three tickets of folks not making it. We encourage you to attend one or more of their concerts, but we have to order tickets on line well in advance… Continue reading Letter to the Editor
Matthew Will Sports Media Staff On Saturday, Oct. 28, Butler beat Northwest Kansas Tech 6-1 in the first round of the Region VI Tournament. Sophomore forward Kennedy Weaver netted in two more as Butler advances to the semi-finals in Topeka on Friday, Nov. 3. The Butler women’s soccer team claimed their third straight conference title… Continue reading Three-peat complete
Rachel McClurg Managing Editor Frankenstein, a violent musical with an ironic lesson on love, takes the stage for fall 2017. “It [Frankenstein] was done off Broadway in 2008 and it’s very expressionistic, so it’s not necessarily realism, and it’s very close to the book unlike most of the movies that have come out recently,” Director… Continue reading Theatre department sings through the stress
Brad Beachy, Professor of English In a recent issue of the Butler Lantern, a student writer complains about professors “shoving your political views down our [students’] throats.” It’s true we call what we do here higher education—education is not and should never be indoctrination for the reason that indoctrination seeks to shut critical thinking down… Continue reading Letter to the Editor
From Friday, Oct. 6 to Friday, Nov. 3 alumni art students’ work was featured. A new exhibit, “The Metamorphosis of Identity,” will open on Friday, Nov. 10. Darrah Walker Marcus Smith Lantern Staff In Butler’s 700 building on the El Dorado campus, there is an art exhibit that is open to the public and… Continue reading “Welcome home” alumni artists
Illustration by Danni Rains Darrah Walker Lantern Staff As a female in today’s society, simply just walking down the street to my car or across campus to my class can result in guys making sexist jokes and/or “cat” calls. According to worldometers.info, over 7 billion people are alive on Earth; approximately 49 percent are… Continue reading Act of coming forward
Illustrated by Danni Rains Tori lemon Editor-in-Chief A new unfortunate revision of the government’s contraception coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act could cause many women to not have access to birth control free of charge. This new regulation, issued by the Health and Human Services Department, allows a much broader group of employers and… Continue reading Women’s contraception rights in danger.. again
